Romans 11:6
But if it is by his mercy, it is not for anything they have done. Otherwise, his mercy would not be mercy at all.
Romans 3:27-28
Then what becomes of our boasting? It is shut out. On what principle? What a man does? No, but whether a man has faith.
Romans 4:4-5
Now paying a workman is not considered a favor, but an obligation,
Romans 5:20-21
Then law slipped in, and multiplied the offense. But greatly as sin multiplied, God's mercy has far surpassed it,
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by God's favor I have become what I am, and the favor he showed me has not gone for nothing, but I have worked harder than any of them, although it was not really I but the favor God showed me.
Galatians 2:21
I refuse to nullify the mercy of God. For if uprightness could be secured through law, then Christ died for nothing!
Galatians 5:4
You people who propose to be made upright by law have finished with Christ; you have lost your hold upon God's favor.
Ephesians 2:4-9
But God is so rich in mercy that because of the great love he had for us,
2 Timothy 1:9
He saved us and called us to a consecrated life, not for anything we had done, but of his own accord and out of the mercy which he bestowed upon us ages ago through Christ Jesus,
Titus 3:5
he saved us, not for any upright actions we had performed, but from his own mercy, through the bath of regeneration and renewal by the holy Spirit,